MAKING A GARDEN OF PERENNIALS

THE HOUSE & GARDENMAKINGBOOKS
It is the intention of the publishers to make this series of little volumes, of whichMaking a Garden of Perennialsis one, a complete library of authoritative and well illustrated handbooks dealing with the activities of the home-maker and amateur gardener. Text, pictures and diagrams will, in each respective book, aim to make perfectly clear the possibility of having, and the means of having, some of the more important features of a modern country or suburban home. Among the titles already issued or planned for early publication are the following:Making a Rose Garden; Making a Lawn; Making a Tennis Court; Making a Fireplace; Making Paths and Driveways; Making a Rock Garden; Making a Garden with Hotbed and Coldframe; Making Built-in Bookcases, Shelves and Seats; Making a Garden to Bloom This Year; Making a Water Garden; Making a Poultry House; Making the Grounds Attractive with Shrubbery; Making a Naturalized Bulb Garden; with others to be announced later.

A paved path bordered by flowers
To be really satisfying the flower garden must have that air of permanence that is given it by the perennials


Making a Garden of Perennials


ByW. C. EGAN
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NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
McBRIDE, NAST & CO.
Published June, 1912
CONTENTS
  •  Page
  • Introduction1
  • Preparing the Beds7
  • Winter Mulching20
  • Summer Mulching23
  • Plant Combinations30
  • Weeding34
  • Lists of Dependable Perennials:
    • Of General Excellence36
    • For Shady Positions49
    • For Dry Soils50
    • For Wet Soils51
    • Alpines, Or Rock Plants51

THE ILLUSTRATIONS